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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Bob Epple |
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Norwalk, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 18, 1947
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| Died | April 13, 2011
(63 years)
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| Contributor | Barack O-blame-a |
| Last Modifed | David
Sep 18, 2020 01:16am |
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| Info | Epple graduated from Cerritos College in January 1974 with an associate in arts degree in economics and he earned the Silver Falcon award for service presented by the Associated Students. He went on to finish his college work and ultimately earned his law degree. In 1979 he became an attorney.
Epple was elected to the Board of Trustees in November 1981 but missed his first meeting on Dec. 2, when he was supposed to be sworn in as a new trustee, because his daughter was born that night. Epple was reelected in 1985.
Three years later Epple mounted a successful campaign and was elected to the California State Assembly in the 63rd district representing Artesia, Cerritos, Downey, East Lakewood, Hawaiian Gardens, Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs. He served as a member of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and its Education Budget Sub-committee. Epple left the legislature in 1994.
In 1993, Epple’s wife Cheryl was elected to the Cerritos College Board of Trustees and served three terms until her sudden passing in July 2004. Cheryl’s sudden death was a shock to the college community.
With a vacant seat on the board, the trustees asked Bob Epple to return to the board and appointed him to complete Cheryl’s remaining term. He was reelected to the board in 2005 and again in 2009.
Epple was always active in his community. At the college he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Cerritos College Foundation. He was a member of the Bellflower Noon Lions Club, served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Family Guidance Center, and was a past member of the Cerritos Optimists, the Cerritos Jaycees, the Frontier District Boy Scout Advisory Council, the Girl Scout Council of Greater Long Beach, Investment Committee and many other community organizations.
Epple was fond of his time in the Assembly. According to a 1989 article in the Los Angeles Times, Epple sought legislation to reform school textbook purchases and to overhaul the way multibillion-dollar utility rate cases were decided. He also sought to win funds for the Norwalk Sports Complex and for a community swimming pool in Downey.
Epple pushed for community facilities to help fight gang influences in his cities. The Times also reported that Common Cause commended Epple for rejecting honorariums for speeches from special-interest groups. Epple was quoted saying, “I think the public perception of honorariums is that they are attempts to buy votes.”
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